Worship with your giving.

“And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.” 
Genesis 22:5(KJV)

Do you know that your giving is an act of worship to God? This is why I ask people this question sometimes: “The way you give to God, is that the way you will give to a Governor?” The Bible says in Malachi 1:8(GNB), “When you bring a blind or sick or lame animal to sacrifice to me, do you think there's nothing wrong with that? Try giving an animal like that to the governor! Would he be pleased with you or grant you any favors?"”

The first time the word worship was used in the Bible was in Genesis 22 when Abraham was going to offer to God his only son Isaac. Abraham said to the young men Genesis 22:5, “… Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship…” is the Hebrew word ‘shachah’ which means to depress, to prostrate, in other words, Abraham was saying he was going to prostrate before the Lord, and what he was actually going to do to express that was giving his one and only son Isaac whom he loved. This was his best.

This shows us that when you talk about worship, you are saying that you are honouring God above all else. You are saying that you are honouring God above what you like, or what you want in obeisance and in doing reverence to Him.

When the reality of these truths is clear to you, you will realize that a lot of persons are not worshipping God in truth, though they may be singing or professing that they are worshipping God, but worship is more than just the words you say to the Father, it is revealed practically in what you do and in what you give in honour of the Father.

PRAYER
Dear Father I thank you for the grace that was upon the Macedonian chruch is heavy upon my life, causing me to give of myself and of my resources willingly in honour of the Lord and for the furtherance of the gospel in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read: 
 Proverbs 19:17, 2 Corinthians 8:1-5, 2 Samuel 24:24,
1 Chronicles 29:2-17, 1 Kings 3:4-5.

DOING THE WORD
Whatever the Lord impresses upon your heart to give, give it in honour of the Lord.